Education
Better language, better democracy
Quality in education not only has an effect on students’ professional and working future but also on society, coexistence and democracy. Quality in education is not only an individual imperative with each student, but a collective imperative, because with a…
Rondine on the war in the Middle East
When a war breaks out it is as if a conversation, a journey were interrupted. At Rondine it is the discourse that addresses the conflict, it is the path that looks towards peace. In these tragic days in which war,…
In Recognition of Dr. Margarita Joven Fernandez: A Visionary Educator Who Transformed Baguio Central University
by Genevieve Balance Kupang Personal conveniences must give way to the Master Plan of Life. -Margarita J. Fernandez, Ed.D. In the rich tapestry of Philippine education, exceptional names shine as brilliantly as that of Dr. Margarita Joven Fernandez.…
BAN Toxics Calls for an Improved Basic Education that Considers the Environment
As VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte and the Department of Education (DepEd) brace the country for an enhanced basic education program dubbed MATATAG, environmental group BAN Toxics urges the government to “include and seriously consider environmental education as a…
What are the impacts of taxation on global education?
Specialists analyse the importance of building a fair tax system to guarantee public funding for education. By Anddy Landacay, from the National Public Budget Group (GNPP) and the Peruvian Campaign for the Right to Education (CPDE) In the framework of…
Brazil: Public consultation reinforces rejection of the “New Baccalaureate”. The government backs the changes
In 2017, under the government of former president Michel Temer, Brazil approved a controversial reform of secondary education, considered by experts to be anti-reform because it reproduces an anachronistic, exclusionary and perverse model. In the face of criticism, Lula’s government…
UN to support clandestine schools for girls in Afghanistan after Taliban ban
Since coming to power in Afghanistan two years ago, the Taliban have banned more than 1.1 million young girls from secondary and university education. By Leonardo Buitrago The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced its decision to support clandestine schools…
Cabinet reshuffle in Chilean government: “Education must be a portfolio priority”, says Mario Aguilar, Regional President of the Chilean Teachers’ College
There were several reactions today to the cabinet reshuffle that relegates the Democratic Revolution party to a single portfolio, increasing the influence of other Frente Amplio conglomerates and replacing – less than a month before the 50th anniversary of September…
The challenge of reducing absenteeism and dropping out of school
In the year 2022, one million two hundred and eight thousand students had serious non-attendance, meaning that almost 4 out of 10 students did not have sufficient attendance to pass the school year. Just under fifty thousand students in 2021…
More than 70 countries pledge to strengthen the right to free education
Statement at the UN supports free education from pre-school to secondary school level This week at the United Nations Human Rights Council, more than 70 countries from all regions of the world expressed their support for “efforts to strengthen the…
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